Aam, n.

noun

(awm), n. [D. aam, pl. amen, Ger. ahm, and more generally ohm, M. H. Ger. âme, ôme, O. H. Ger. âme, ôma, Icel. âma, L. Lat. ama. See AWM, AUME.] A measure of liquids among the Dutch, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½.